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غور

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَوْرٌ ذ The bottom, or lowest part, of anything; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ غَوْرَى: (K:) and its depth. (TA.) ― -b2- You say, عَرَفْتُ غَوْرَ هٰذِهِ المَسْأَلَةِ (tropical:) [ I have become acquainted with the bottom of this question ]. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الغَوْرِ (S) (tropical:) Such a one is deep and excellent in judgment; one who examines deeply. (TA.) [See also 1.] And هَوَ بَحْرٌ لَا يُدْرَكُ غَوْرُهُ (tropical:) [ He is a sea whereof the bottom shall not be reached ]. (TA.) And مَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْرًا فِى البَاطِلِ مِنِّى (tropical:) [ Who is deeper in knowledge with respect to what is vain, or false, than I? ]. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b3- Low, or depressed, land, country, or ground; (S, Msb, K;) [like خَوْرٌ;] as also ↓ غَارٌ. (K.) ― -b4- See also غَارٌ, in the first of its senses expl. above. -A2- Applied to water, i. q. غَائِرٌ [ Sinking, or going away, into the ground, or earth ]: (S, K:) an inf. n. used as an epithet, like مَاآءٌ سَكْبٌ, and دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ. (S.)

Derived headwords

غَوْرٌ
  1. 1.
عَرَفْتُ غَوْرَ هٰذِهِ المَسْأَلَةِ
فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الغَوْرِ
هَوَ بَحْرٌ لَا يُدْرَكُ غَوْرُهُ
أَبْعَدُ غَوْرًا فِى البَاطِلِ مِنِّى
مَاآءٌ سَكْبٌ
دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ